Job 38:15 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיִמָּנַ֣ע	ve.yi.ma.Na'	so it may be withheld	H4513 →
מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים	me.re.sha.'Im	from wicked [people]	H7563 →
אוֹרָ֑ם	'o.Ram	light their	H216 →
וּזְר֥וֹעַ	u.ze.Ro.a'	and an arm	H2220 →
רָ֝מָ֗ה	ra.Mah	uplifted	H7311 →
תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃	ti.sha.Ver	it is broken	H7665 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Psalms 63:8
  My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
- Psalms 145:14
  The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- Isaiah 42:1
  “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Psalms 37:24
  Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Through
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
leads to
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
Through
Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:9
  The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Through
Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
leads to
- Psalms 37:17
  For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.Job 5:14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.Exodus 10:21–23Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”Ezekiel 30:22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.2 Kings 6:18As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.Isaiah 8:21–22They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.Daniel 11:6After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.Acts 13:10–11and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

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